Access to the homework tool (included in the purchase of a NEW textbook) would cost students $10 if they chose to instead by a book used. Of course, that would only give them access to the homework assignments. There was an additional fee ($30 I believe) if they wanted to have the “PLUS” features, including the hyperlinking to the appropriate section of the text.
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Digital teaching resources: How do we measure success?
Those that read regularly, or listen to our podcast, will know that I love technology, and that I also spend a good bit of time
Home Owners Associations: Democracy or Little Napoleons?
I am renting in a neighborhood that only recently has seen their Home Owners Association (HOA) really “energized.” This group spent a good bit of
Books, we got Books!
OKAY… I talked about this is today’s podcast at http://Getthenext.com. I have been sitting on this for two years now, thinking it wasn’t “ready” but
Economics Dooms Health Care Reform to failure.
In the last post I wrote about the perversions of incentives that cause the problems in the health care system. Let me point out that
Perverse Incentives: Patients are our own worst Enemy with Health Costs
Okay, here’s another problem, since spend way too much time talking about the mandate… let’s talk basic economics. The whole initiative is predicated on a
Welcome to the “New Grand Experiment”
Let the experiment begin. I am not alone in my expectation that the Health Care (insurance) reform will not improve Health Care (it won’t make
iPad Demands…
Writing as an academic, I desperately want to get my hands on (the demand data for) the iPad. Specifically, I wonder about the “pre-order” demands
NEXUS “Not Selling Well” — Really?
I caught in Twitter today a “retweet” from @MacsFuture where they said that the Nexus 1 isn’t selling well. There was a link to the
Liberalism Doesn’t Scale (and it shouldn’t!)
A colleague of mine is a great friend. He would do anything for me, or for anyone for that matter. He honestly (and rightly) believes
